Cultural icon Betty White has died just weeks before her 100th birthday

TV favors the young — but Betty White only got more famous as she got older. White's career began in the earliest days of television, and she was active until her death Friday at the age of 99.

Cultural icon Betty White has died just weeks before her 100th birthday TV favors the young — but Betty White only got more famous as she got older. White's career began in the earliest days of television, and she was active until her death Friday at the age of 99. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

APOD - JWST on the Road to L2

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2021 December 31

JWST on the Road to L2
Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park (North York Astronomical Association)

Explanation: This timelapse gif tracks the James Webb Space Telescope as it streaks across the stars of Orion on its journey to a destination beyond the Moon. Recorded on December 28, 12 consecutive exposures each 10 minutes long were aligned and combined with a subsequent color image of the background stars to create the animation. About 2.5 days after its December 25 launch, JWST cruised past the altitude of the Moon's orbit as it climbed up the gravity ridge from Earth to reach a halo orbit around L2, an Earth-Sun Lagrange point. Lagrange points are convenient locations in space where the combined gravitational attraction of one massive body (Earth) orbiting another massive body (Sun) is in balance with the centripetal force needed to move along with them. So much smaller masses, like spacecraft, will tend to stay there. One of 5 Lagrange points, L2 is about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth directly along the Earth-Sun line. JWST will arrive at L2 on January 23, 29 days after launch. While relaxing in Earth's surface gravity you can follow the James Webb Space Telescope's progress and complicated deployment online.

Tomorrow's picture: 2021 in Moonstripes

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Over 30,000 Coloradans ordered to evacuate as fires overtake their towns

Thousands of residents in three communities near Denver were ordered to evacuate Thursday as wind-fueled wildfires engulfed parts of the area, scorching hundreds of homes and buildings.

Over 30,000 Coloradans ordered to evacuate as fires overtake their towns Thousands of residents in three communities near Denver were ordered to evacuate Thursday as wind-fueled wildfires engulfed parts of the area, scorching hundreds of homes and buildings. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

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APOD - The Further Tail of Comet Leonard

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2021 December 30

The Further Tail of Comet Leonard
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniele Gasparri

Explanation: Comet Leonard, brightest comet of 2021, is at the lower left of these two panels captured on December 29 in dark Atacama desert skies. Heading for its perihelion on January 3 Comet Leonard's visible tail has grown. Stacked exposures with a wide angle lens (also displayed in a reversed B/W scheme for contrast), trace the complicated ion tail for an amazing 60 degrees, with bright Jupiter shining near the horizon at lower right. Material vaporizing from Comet Leonard's nucleus, a mass of dust, rock, and ices about 1 kilometer across, has produced the long tail of ionized gas fluorescing in the sunlight. Likely flares on the comet's nucleus and buffeting by magnetic fields and the solar wind in recent weeks have resulted in the tail's irregular pinched and twisted appearance. Still days from its closest approach to the Sun, Comet Leonard's activity should continue. The comet is south of the Solar System's ecliptic plane as it sweeps through the southern constellation Microscopium.

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View this email online You were here for us. We were here for you. With less than two days left in 2021, we find ourselves at the end of another unprecedented year. One that brought us the Capitol insurrection. New variants. The chaotic withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan. And wildfires, snowstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes at a rate and ferocity we’ve never seen.    But, for all that remained unpredictable this year, one constant was us being there for you, to cover these events at every turn. Another was the support from people like you that made it all possible.   Here are just some of the bright spots from the year that were fueled by that generosity: Welcoming KPCC’s A Martinez to host Morning Edition and Up First. Celebrating our first Pulitzer Prize win for No Compromise, our podcast about gun rights activists. Created in partnership with KCUR and WABE. Premiering Where We Come From, a series that tells the stories of immigrant communities of color in their voices. Watching Virginia native Neffy win this year’s Tiny Desk Contest and follow it up with an intimate performance back at the real Tiny Desk. Rolling out our daily Book of the Day podcast. Launching two new Invisibilia seasons with new hosts Yowei Shaw and Kia Miakka Natisse. And finding out their episode, “A Friendly Ghost Story,” made Apple’s Top Podcast Episodes of the Year list. Learning Rough Translation’s “Home/Front” series was named one of The New York Times’ 10 Best Podcasts of 2021. And, of course, celebrating our 50th anniversary with you, with retrospective stories and events all year long.   Think of all we can accomplish next year, with your support.    Please make a year-end donation to WUFT 89.1. Every dollar keeps NPR and NPR stations a thriving public service, here for you no matter what tomorrow brings.  Your Favorite Station Donate Now Select a different station You received this message because you're subscribed to NPR Music emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

Ghislaine Maxwell is found guilty on multiple counts at her sex trafficking trial

The British socialite was accused of procuring underage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. After six days of deliberation, the jury found her guilty on five of six counts.

Ghislaine Maxwell is found guilty on multiple counts at her sex trafficking trial The British socialite was accused of procuring underage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. After six days of deliberation, the jury found her guilty on five of six counts. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy